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Revision: 1.0
Revision Date: June 6, 2013
Dhanu
Agnihotri,
Abdul-Munem
Al-Khudairi
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Contents
1. Purpose"........................................................................3
2. Carrier Settings"............................................................4
2.1 Network Parameters"........................................................................4
2.1.1 UMTS Parameters!.......................................................................................4
2.1.2 LTE Parameters!...........................................................................................6
2.1.3 C2K Parameters!..........................................................................................7
3. Firewall"..........................................................................9
3.1 Unsolicited packets".........................................................................9
3.2 Timeout".............................................................................................9
3.3 Compliance testing"..........................................................................9
4. NAT"..............................................................................10
4.1 Timeout"...........................................................................................10
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1. Purpose
The purpose of this document is to provide carriers with network settings required in order to
achieve optimal iOS battery life performance. The goal is to improve user experience by
maximizing device battery life with minimal impact to baseband performance.
This documents also outlines the impact of some of these network settings on battery life.
Compliance tests are provided and must be run by carriers to ensure the required guidelines are
followed.
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2. Carrier Settings
This section captures key cellular network settings and requirements. These settings together
will have a positive impact on device standby and cellular usage power consumption.
Carriers are required to configure their network with these values. Exceptions can only be made
if a carrier has a valid technical limitation. For any concerns please contact your ACME carrier
representative.
ACME Required
1.28s
Network Dormancy Timers
3s
4-10s
15 minutes
PCH DRX
Periodicity of LAU
(T3212)
> 60 minutes
Periodicity of RAU
(T3312)
> 60 minutes
S-IntraSearch
Qrxlevmin
Emergency broadcast
(CMAS)
TBD
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UMTS Parameter
ACME Required
CPC
TBD
Fast Dormancy
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ACME Required
1.28s
Periodicity of TAU
(T3412)
> 60 minutes
Enabled
S-IntraSearch
Qrxlevmin
OnDurationTimer
10ms
Drx-InactivityTimer
100ms
Drx-RetransmissionTimer
8ms
LongDrx-Cycle
320ms
ShortDrx-Cycle
80ms
ShortDrxCycleTimer
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Table 2: LTE Settings
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ACME Required
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3. Firewall
3.1 Unsolicited packets
The Firewall must be configured such that all unsolicited IP traffic to a device is blocked.
- This is for both intra-carrier traffic as well as between the carriers network and the extranet.
- Applies to all RATs
- Applies to both IPv4 and IPv6 data
3.2 Timeout
For all sockets that are opened by an iOS device we require that the timeouts for tearing down
these sockets are set to at least 60 minute on all levels of Firewalls in the network.
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4. NAT
4.1 Timeout
For all sockets that are opened by an iOS device we require that the NAT timeout for tearing
down these sockets is set to at least 60 minutes. This prevents the device from sending
additional keep alive messages that leads to battery drain.
NAT
ACME Required
Minimum: 10 minutes
Default Ports
Recommended: 30 minutes
Minimum: 30 minutes
Persistent Connection Ports
Recommended: 60 minutes
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